After being forgotten and left alone for a while, La Ciotat’s old town still owns a heritage of historical buildings with many chapels (Pénitents noirs, bleus et blancs) and ship owners’ town houses (such as Grimaldi-Régusse’s former hotel). A vast rehabilitation programme has been launched, materialised by an information spot named Old La Ciotat Workshops. Symbolised by l’Eden theatre, world’s oldest cinema that has reopened facing the new harbour, it helps making this dense district more accessible in line with “la coulee douce” (the slow path). (EF)
After being forgotten and left alone for a while, La Ciotat’s old town still owns a heritage of historical buildings with many chapels (Pénitents noirs, bleus et blancs) and ship owners’ town houses (such as Grimaldi-Régusse’s former hotel). A vast rehabilitation programme has been launched, materialised by an information spot named Old La Ciotat Workshops. Symbolised by l’Eden theatre, world’s oldest cinema that has reopened facing the new harbour, it helps making this dense district more accessible in line with “la coulee douce” (the slow path). (EF)
